The largest part of the catalogue: British, American and Australian narrators of every age and temperament. Play the demo, then drop an EPUB, PDF or DOCX.
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English narrators
142 native English voices, including Cassidy, Maximilian, Peter, Bryan, Karen, Hayley. Each has a sample in the app; the famous-book pages on this site play several of them on real passages.
How it works
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Drop the file. Chapters are detected and front matter is skipped.
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Pick a narrator; British, American and Australian accents are labelled.
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Press play. Narration streams within seconds, on the web and in the iPhone app.
Built for whole books
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Chapter detection and a suggested starting point past the title page and contents.
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Read-along highlighting of the sentence being spoken.
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Speed control, sleep timer, position sync between laptop and phone.
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70,000 free public-domain classics, ready to narrate.
Accents and register
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Narrator descriptions name the accent (British, American, Australian, Southern) and the register (documentary, conversational, dramatic), so a memoir and an epic fantasy can get very different voices.
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Dialect spelling and invented names are pronounced by best guess; there is no per-book pronunciation editor yet.
Questions people ask
Which English narrator is the most natural?
It depends on the book. Layla, Sterling and Miles are popular for narration; the sample pages let you compare them on the same passage.
Can I switch between British and American voices mid-book?
Yes. Change the narrator at any time; already narrated chapters are re-generated in the new voice on demand.
Is it free?
The Free plan includes 5 minutes of narration to try it; paid plans add hours of new narration a month.